PMID- 31945745 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210111 LR - 20210111 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Jan 16 TI - Romo1 is involved in the immune response of glioblastoma by regulating the function of macrophages. PG - 1114-1127 LID - 10.18632/aging.102648 [doi] AB - Reactive oxygen species (ROS) modulator 1 (Romo1) is a mitochondrial membrane protein that is essential for the regulation of mitochondrial ROS production and redox sensing. Although the physiological functions of Romo1 have been studied for the past few years, the role of Romo1 in cancer remained unclear. In this study, we found that the high expression of Romo1 is associated with the poor prognosis of glioblastoma patients. Further study revealed that Romo1 is highly expressed in macrophages, indicating that the overexpression of Romo1 may participate in the function of macrophages and contribute to the progression of glioblastoma. Through the glioblastoma mouse model, we found that the overexpression of Romo1 in bone marrow cells significantly inhibited the immune response within tumor microenvironment, and that the overexpression of Romo1 resulted in the M2 polarization of bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) through mTORC1 signaling pathway. In addition, the inhibition of Romo1 combining with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy significantly improved the survival outcome of glioblastoma in mouse model. Collectively, our study highlights the important role of Romo1 in immune response especially the function of macrophages, and implicates it as a potential target of immunotherapy for glioblastoma. FAU - Sun, Guan AU - Sun G AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Yancheng City No.1 People's Hospital, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Yancheng, PR China. FAU - Cao, Ying AU - Cao Y AD - Department of Ear-Nose-Throat, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, Huai'an Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Huai'an, PR China. FAU - Qian, Chunfa AU - Qian C AD - Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Brain Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China. FAU - Wan, Zhengqiang AU - Wan Z AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Yancheng City No.1 People's Hospital, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Yancheng, PR China. FAU - Zhu, Jian AU - Zhu J AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Yancheng City No.1 People's Hospital, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Yancheng, PR China. FAU - Guo, Jun AU - Guo J AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Yancheng City No.1 People's Hospital, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Yancheng, PR China. FAU - Shi, Lei AU - Shi L AD - Department of Neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, PR China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200116 PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Mitochondrial Proteins) RN - 0 (ROMO1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Disease Susceptibility MH - Energy Metabolism MH - Glioblastoma/*etiology/*metabolism/pathology/therapy MH - Humans MH - *Immunity MH - Macrophage Activation/genetics/immunology MH - Macrophages/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism PMC - PMC7053633 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Romo1 OT - glioblastoma OT - immune response OT - immunotherapy OT - macrophages COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: All of the contributing authors declared no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2020/01/17 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/12 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/31 CRDT- 2020/01/17 06:00 PHST- 2019/08/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 102648 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.102648 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Jan 16;12(2):1114-1127. doi: 10.18632/aging.102648. Epub 2020 Jan 16.